Beef Stew for 2500
Featuring Rudy Shappee in the Neil Morgan Auditorium. Shappee describes it as a culinary romp through the evolution of naval cooking from the Revolutionary War to the present. He will depict life aboard our nation's ships at sea and share archaic recipes such as Spotted Dog and Drowned Baby, along with those currently served.
Shappee enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and served as an air crewman for 13 years. After four cruises in Vietnam as a Rescue Crewman, Flight Deck Line Chief Petty Office, and Squadron Maintenance/Material Contro Officer, he retired from Active Duty in 1976. Two years later, he began his 25-year teaching career. He is currently a volunteer with more than 14000 hours logged aboard USS Midway Museum and the author of Making My Way, Beef Stew for 2500, and Why Do They Call It That?